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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Watchman \Watch"man\, n.; pl. Watchmen.
     [1913 Webster]
     1. One set to watch; a person who keeps guard; a guard; a
        sentinel.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Specifically, one who guards a building, or the streets of
        a city, by night.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Watchman beetle (Zo["o]l.), the European dor.
  
     Watchman's clock, a watchman's detector in which the
        apparatus for recording the times of visiting several
        stations is contained within a single clock.
  
     Watchman's detector, or Watchman's time detector, an
        apparatus for recording the time when a watchman visits a
        station on his rounds.
  
     Watchman's rattle, an instrument having at the end of a
        handle a revolving arm, which, by the action of a strong
        spring upon cogs, produces, when in motion, a loud, harsh,
        rattling sound.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Watchman \Watch"man\, n.; pl. Watchmen.
     1. One set to watch; a person who keeps guard; a guard; a
        sentinel.
  
     2. Specifically, one who guards a building, or the streets of
        a city, by night.
  
     Watchman beetle (Zo["o]l.), the European dor.
  
     Watchman's clock, a watchman's detector in which the
        apparatus for recording the times of visiting several
        stations is contained within a single clock.
  
     Watchman's detector, or Watchman's time detector, an
        apparatus for recording the time when a watchman visits a
        station on his rounds.
  
     Watchman's rattle, an instrument having at the end of a
        handle a revolving arm, which, by the action of a strong
        spring upon cogs, produces, when in motion, a loud, harsh,
        rattling sound.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  watchman's rattle
     n.
     An instrument, with a vibrating tongue fixed in a frame, which slips
  over the teeth of a ratchet wheel and produces a loud raucous sound when
  whirled around, once used by watchman to warn of danger

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  watchman's rattle
     n.
     An instrument, with a vibrating tongue fixed in a frame, which slips
  over the teeth of a ratchet wheel and produces a loud raucous sound when
  whirled around, once used by watchman to warn of danger

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  watchman's rattle
     n.
     An instrument, with a vibrating tongue fixed in a frame, which slips
  over the teeth of a ratchet wheel and produces a loud raucous sound when
  whirled around, once used by watchman to warn of danger

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  watchman's rattle
     n.
     An instrument, with a vibrating tongue fixed in a frame, which slips
  over the teeth of a ratchet wheel and produces a loud raucous sound when
  whirled around, once used by watchman to warn of danger

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